Le Parker Meridien New York & Palm Springs Are Leaving Starwood

Does this mean redemptions for 2018 can't be made? Will they be cancelled?

fyi, this link is broken on the boardingarea homepage.

I mean SPG have done a pretty good job with Palm Springs. With the addition of the Riviera and the Avalon, that's bout good enough. Both Marriott and SPG have other resorts in the area, but I mainly go to PS to drink myself silly, so it's nice to be in town. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'd love to know what the difference in the fee structure is. I also want to know what the difference in direct bookings is with SPG vs LHW

Le Parker Meridien always reminds me of the Rosie O'Donnell Show. You know guests of the Rosie O'Donnell Show stay at Le Parker Meridien, the hotel with the funny name that has a "Le" in front of it. Then she named one of her children "Parker." I wonder if she got paid for that.

I'm not clear on what nice alternative SPG offers you in Palm Springs, Lucky. Parker is the only decent luxury hotel anywhere near downtown (and Arenas Road!!). 🙂

Parker NY does at least have Norma’s, which is one fine brunch spot.

Leading Hotels is primarily a marketing company, Marriott/SPG is a management company that includes marketing as one of many services. Leading Hotels has much less control over its members and serves mainly as a reservation portal and advertising outlet. Members must meet some criteria for membership, although the primary criteria is ability to pay Membership fees.

Hi Lucky, which Starwood hotel is your favorite in NYC, if you don't consider the St. Regis?

Oh no! Where will I go in New York to get my Starwood platinum breakfast amenity reduced to nothing more than "free coffee"?

Just kidding. Good riddance.

Hahahaha what a joke Leading Hotels is the World has become; they have long since dropped any semblance of real standards, it’s ONLY about membership fees. They have a number of quite poor properties listed these days. At what point do they lose so much credibility that the real top end hotels stop paying membership fees?

As for the Parker New York itself I hope there renovation is very comprehensive, because I can’t imagine why anyone would stay there by choice in its current form when it’s no longer SPG affiliated. Just a bland mediocre business hotel in an area with tons of competition.

Parker NY has a great sun deck, pool and fitness area for the city location but as for SPG recognition it was awful with a croissant and coffee as breakfast. In Europe we are offered so much more and it was a shame the hotel was allowed to bring this disregard for elites to the brand but I’m sad it will leave the portfolio.

Good riddance. Parker New York has needed a renovation for over 10 years.

Interesting mixed reviews with Palm Springs. I live next door and I used to walk my dog on the property before they sealed up tight to visitors.

Sounds like a rotten business decision unless they maintain high occupancy with foreign tourists.

I am beyond bummed that Parker NYC is leaving SPG. I've spent over 150 nights in that hotel and know it well. Yeah the rooms were long overdue for a renovation but there is something about that hotel that overcompensates for it. Location is spectacular as well. I will miss the massive SPG points I would always nab from this hotel as well.

Okay okay, as a life long NEW YORKER and former employee of Le Parker Meridien, I have to tell you when I was there , it was and I imagine it still is, an extraordinary property .
Since NY's 57St. is such an exciting prime location.
The Lobby and the restaurants and location as well as the amenities are why so many people of celebrity and prominence stay there.

The service is and was superb, I have nothing but fond memories of Le Parker Median, they had an amazing training program for every staff member and if that was all Starwood then, and if they won't be in charge of the staff then ...I would say proceed carefully.

The property with the Bar Lounge just off the Lobby and Restaurant hidden in the back with duel entrances to 56 and 57 this location and the buidlings feng shui is hard to beat. An incredibly elegant homey spot. In NY , especially in this particular location you wont' be in the rooms for long, so worth the rates. Go For it, its all about how the elegance and the homey feel of the lobby and restaurants give incredible service and serve amazing food, the bar lounge is amazing you wont believe who you will bump into, rock stars, hip hop stars and old New York money alike, the entire place has palatial feel with incredible epic high ceilings yet gives a sexy intimate vibe, public spaces are all the rage and the energy from 57 street yet tucked away, and the amazing rates to be smack dab in the middle of Midtown NY right down from Carnegie Hall, come on now...I'm sorry that is hard to beat, the only way you would do better is at The Palace, but the rate will be higher... I am sure Le Parc, will raise the rates after the renovation its def a place to give a chance, its not about the rooms its def about the public spaces and the rate, pretty affordable and you will be rubbing shoulders with the highest realestate in NY ....your neighbors many residential buildings surround the hotel so it has the Carre Bradshaw neighborhood feel, oh you know I live here vibe... on the block, Laurence Fishburne has an entire floor just a few yards away. 🙂

Le Parker Meridian is an amazing place to stay I should now I worked there. Honestly the staff is so well trained and its really not about the rooms its about the ambiance of the lobby the bar lounge and the restaurants they are all beautiful with high ceilings the buildings on 57 ST. are all pre war buildings I mean the neighborhood is stunning Carnegie Hall just a down the block and the people that surround you all have multi milliondollar apts they have owned for years. So it has that very chic , nieghborhood feel, a very Carrie Bradshaw I live here kind of vibe.

The rates will go up so catch a room now while you can this place is magic.